Display device.



A. HENDON.

DISPLAY DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 14., 1913.

1,080,81 Patented Dec. 9, 1913.

COLUMBLIA PLANOGRAPH (20., WASHINGTON, n. c.

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AARON HENDON, 01? NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR T HENDON & BAPPAPORT, A PART- NERSHIP COMPOSED OF AARON HENDON AND SAMUEL BAPPAPOR'I, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

DISPLAY DEVICE.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, AARON HENDON, a citizen of the United States, residing at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Display Devices, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to display devices, and with respect to certain more specific features thereto, to devices adapted to display plumes and other more or less delicate articles.

One of the objects of this invention is to provide a device of the character referred to which will embody the features of durability, simplicity and inexpensiveness.

Another object of this invention is to provide an improved device for storing or displaying frangible or otherwise delicate articles without unnecessary handling accordingly as it becomes exigent or expedient to do the one or the other.

This invention probably finds one of its most practical applications in connection with the display and storage of plumes, feathers and similar articles.

Accordingly, it is a further object of this invention to provide a device which may be designed to accommodate such articles and also one in which said articles may be presented in a selective manner for display.

Other objects will be in part obvious and in part pointed out hereinafter.

The invention accordingly consists in the features of construction, combinations of elements and arrangement of parts which will be exemplified in the construction hereinafter set forth, and the scope of the application of which will be indicated in the following claims.

Referring now to the drawing, wherein is shown one of various possible embodiments of this invention, Figure 1 represents a plan view of a box for plumes, embodying this invention, with the cover almost entirely broken away to show more clearly the interior structure of the box; Fig. 2 is a view in cross-section on the line X-X of Fig. 1, partly broken away and with the side confining walls removed to show more clearly the interior structure; Fig. 3 is a view in perspective of a preferred form of support- Specification of Letters Patent.

Patent-ed Dec. 9, 1913.

Serial No. 773,585.

ing frame and retaining means for the article to be displayed; and Fig. 4c is a sectional view similar to Fig. 2 on an enlarged scale.

In the drawing, in which similar reference characters refer to similar parts throughout the several views, the numeral 1 represents a plume-box having a flange, or side walls 2 and a removable cover 8. Upstanding partitions 4 are shown in said box comprising confining elements each shaped to conform to the contour of the articles to be stored respectively therein, which in this preferred embodiment of the invention are shown as a plurality of plumes 5. These confining elements together with certain frictional and other means which will be hereinafter described serve to hold the plumes 5 normally in a substantially fixed relation with the box 1, so that the latter may be shipped about at will and subjected to a reasonable degree of abuse without causing injury to the plumes.

A plurality of supporting frames 6 are provided, each respectively adapted to travel in the ways 7 formed by the guide members 8 which are fixed to the head, or base of the box 1 by means of rivets 9, or in any other suitable manner, it being understood, however, that these guide members 8 might be constructed integral with the base of the box 1 and also that the invention contemplates guides on any of the walls of the box. Each of the supporting frames6comprises a carrier or slide 10 adapted to be moved back and forth in the ways 7 of the guide member 8 and each of said supporting frames further comprises a movable support 11 loosely articulated, preferably pivotally mounted on said carrier and adapted to receive the end or heel 12 of the plume 5. This may be provided for in any suitable manner, it being a preferred construction to secure a reinforcing strip 13, having a longitudinal slot 14, to the supporting member 11 by rivets 15 applied at either end of said slot 14. A resilient member or tongue 16 is associated with the plume support 11 and extends rearwardly and downwardly through a slot 17 in the carrier or slide 10 into a pocket formed between said slide 10 and the guiding member 8. It will be noted that the slot 17 is positioned on the carrier sufficiently to the rear thereof to permit the supporting member 11 to move into a position parallel with and adjacent the carrier 10. The rear end of the guiding member 8 is turned back upon itself to provide a filler 18 between the ways 7 of said member and is also turned back upon itself along the sides thereof to form said ways 7. All of the elements are constructed of an inexpensive grade of sheet material, such as paper, pasteboard, etc, and, if desired, the working parts may be reinforced by thin strips of fabric, as indicated in Fig. 3 at 19 and 20.

In the use and operation of this device, it may be assumed for illustrative purposes that the plume 5 lies normally in a position adjacent the bottom face of the box 1. When in this position, it will be seen that the carrier 10 is disposed forwardly in the box in a position adjacent the front portion of the flange or wall. thereof and that the movable support 11 is collapsed upon the carrier 10 and in parallel relation therewith. The partitions a substantially surround the plume and protect the same from injury. At the same time the plume is secured in this so-called normal position by a certain amount of friction exerted between the guiding member 8 and the carrier 10. The plume is also held against any upward movement by the frictional engagement of the flexible tongue 16 with the carrier 10 and the guiding member 8. It will therefore be obvious that the plume is substantially held against any movement in any direction and the box 1, as hereinbefore stated, may be subjected to a reasonable amount of abuse in transportation without injury to the contents.

When it is desired to efl'ectively display any one of the plumes contained in the box 1, it is only necessary to move the corresponding supporting member 11 on its pivot or hinge 21 into a substantially upright position where the friction provided by the engagement of the flexible tongue 16 with the guiding member 8 and the carrier 10 automaticallv retains it in adjusted position. It will be seen that at this time the plume occupies a position adjacent the front wall of the box, as indicated by the dotted lines in Fig. 2. By a movement of the carrier 10 toward the rear wall of the box the plume will be made to assume a position substantially as indicated by the full lines in said figure. Here the carrier is retained in position by means of the friction exerted between the carrier 10 and the guiding member 8. When in this last-mentioned position, the plume is remote from the front, rear and side confining walls of the box and here it may be conveniently and eflectively examined. The frictional securing or retaining means, hereinbefore r ferred to, are of a character sufficient to control the action of the component working parts under the weight of the plume, but said friction is not of an undue degree and may be manually overcome with ease, so that the carrier may be readily moved in the ways 7 and the movable support 11 may be caused to collapse upon slight manual pressure.

It is obvious that the adjustments of the plume into and out of display position may be made without handling the plume itself and that, consequently, this device offers another feature of protection thereto.

Accordingly, there is provided a display device which GHIUOCllGS distinct features of simplicity and durability and which accomplishes, among others, the objects hereinbefore set forth.

As many changes could be made in the above construction and many apparently widely different embodiments of this invention could be made without departing from the scope thereof, it IS intended that all matter contained in the above description or shown in the accompanying drawingsliall be interpreted as illustrative and not in a limiting sense.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. In a device of the character described, in combination, a box comprising a head and a flange, a movable carrier guided on said head within said flange adapted to be set at different points relative to said flange, and an article support loosely articulated with said carrier.

2. In a device of the character described, in combination, a box comprising a head and a flange, a movable carrier guided on said head within said flange adapted to be set at different points relative to said flange, an article support loosely articulated with said carrier, and means to yieldingly maintain said support in different adjusted posit-ions relative to said carrier.

8. In a device of the character described, in combination, a box comprising a head and a flange, a movable carrier guided on said head within said flange adapted to be set at different points relative to said flange, and an article support pivoted to said carrier.

4. In a device of the character described, in combination, a box comprising a head and a flange, guideways fixed to said head within said flange, a slide movable in said guideways toward and from said flange and having a slot, an article support pivotally connected to said slide, and a resilient tongue flexibly connected to said support, and comprising a portion passing through said slot and frictionally engaging said head and slide.

5. In a device of the character described, in combination, a box comprising a head and a flange, a confining partition upstanding from said head and shaped to conform with a portion of an article to be displayed, a movable carrier on said head Within said partition adapted to be set at different points relative to said flange, and an article support loosely articulated with said carrier.

6. In a device of the character described, in combination, a box comprising a head and a flange, the interior of said box being divided into a plurality of upright chambers shaped to conform to a portion of an article to be displayed, pivotally mounted plume supporting members on the head within said chambers, respectively, the pivotal axes of said supporting members being disposed adjacent one side of said fiange parallel with said head, and said supporting members being independently movable relative to said flange, and means adapted to support said plume supporting members in different adjustable positions relative to said base and flange.

7. In a device of the character described, in combination, a supporting frame comprising a movable support for an article and a carrier for said support, said carrier coacting with a supporting member for said frame, and a flexible tongue associated with said movable support and adapted to extend between said carrier and said frame supporting member to provide frictional retaining means for said movable support in different adjusted positions.

8. In a device of the character described, in combination, a box, a supporting frame inside the box adapted to carry an article to be displayed comprising a slide, a movable support pivotally mounted on said slide, a flexible tongue adapted to secure said movable support in different adjusted positions in said box, and guides for said slide in fixed relation with a wall of said box, said guides being resilient and providing frictional means to retain said slide in different adjusted positions.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature, in the presence of two Witnesses.

AARON HENDON.

Witnesses:

Jnssn A. HoLToN, C. J. KULBERG.

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